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Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina is the Catholic Church's new pope. Thousands of Catholics gathered under umbrellas outside St. Peter's Basilica, eagerly waiting for the church's 266th pontiff to emerge and greet the faithful from the balcony.

Catholic Ireland's stunning decision to close its embassy to the Vatican is a huge blow to the Holy See's prestige and may be followed by other countries which feel the missions are too expensive, diplomatic sources said on Friday.

Harold Camping made headlines throughout 2011. First, the famed radio
broadcaster promised that the world would come to a chaotic end on May
21. When it didn’t, he then switched the date to October 21 (after all, miscalculations happen). Again — nothing.

Radio Prophet Harold Camping Disappears from Airwaves on New Judgment Day Eve

An evangelical broadcaster whose end-of-the-world prophecy earlier this year stirred a global media frenzy has vanished from the public eye and airwaves ahead of his recalibrated doomsday date, set for Friday.

As crestfallen followers of a California preacher who foresaw the world's end strained to find meaning in their lives, Harold Camping revised his apocalyptic prophecy Monday, saying he was off by five months and the Earth actually will be obliterated on Oct. 21.

This morning, Glenn announced “Restoring Courage”, a special event
which will be held in Israel this August. While some may be surprised by
the announcement, those who have followed Glenn closely over the past
few years should see this as the next logical step in his career. First,
Glenn had…

For some, it's Judgment Day. For others, it's party time. A loosely
organized Christian movement has spread the word around the globe that
Jesus Christ will return to earth on Saturday to gather the faithful
into heaven. While the Christian mainstream isn't buying it, many other
skeptics are mil…

Robert Fitzpatrick is convinced the world will end this Saturday, May 21st, 2011. In fact, he‘s so convinced that he’s poured his life savings into letting people in New York City know. Fitzpatrick has spent at least $140,000 in proclaiming “judgement day.”

An exciting, new Oxford University study has found that faith and
religion come to human beings naturally — possibly instinctively. The
initiative, entitled the “Cognition, Religion and Theology Project,”
took three years to complete and involved more than 40 different studies
in 20 countries a…

Dramatic changes may be coming in Israel: Demographers now estimate about a third of last year's Jewish babies were born into the ultra-Orthodox community, an insular and devout minority that has long been at loggerheads with the rest of the increasingly modern and prosperous country.

If there had been time, Marie Exley would have liked to start a family. Instead, the 32-year-old Army veteran has less than six months left, which she'll spend spreading a stark warning: Judgment Day is almost here.

Exley is part of a movement of Christians loosely organized by radio broadcasts and w…

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has issued a
travel notice to Muslim airline passengers, warning them that new
regulations from the Transportation Security Administration violate
certain religious rules.

According to CAIR, the TSA’s new “enhanced pat down” policy should be
li…

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — The pastor of a
Rockdale County megachurch has publicly announced he is gay.Jim Swilley,
bishop of Conyers’ Church in the Now, said he hopes his coming out will
change attitudes toward homosexuality.“I know a lot of straight people
think it is a choic…

CARTER: And now with the discussion groups, for instance,
on Fox News, that are totally biased, and they implant completely false
images not only of the facts about legislation that’s passed or doesn’t
get passed, but also about the character of…